| Literature DB >> 21680197 |
F C Bidard1, F R Ferrand, F Huguet, P Hammel, C Louvet, D Malka, V Boige, M Ducreux, T Andre, A de Gramont, P Mariani, J Y Pierga.
Abstract
Circulating (CTCs) and disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) are two different steps in the metastatic process. Several recent techniques have allowed detection of these cells in patients, and have generated many results using different isolation techniques in small cohorts. Herein, we review the detection results and their clinical consequence in esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, colorectal, and liver carcinomas, and discuss their possible applications as new biomarkers.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21680197 DOI： 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2011.05.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Crit Rev Oncol Hematol ISSN： 1040-8428 Impact factor: 6.312